You should just be able to send the entity holding the 401K a small estate affidavit, death certificate, and maybe complete the claim forms. Some...

Use the original date. Your trust name doesn't change when you amend it or restate it. The whole point of restating a trust, versus creating an...

You need to clarify the question. Are you saying your mother's will says the home goes to your sister and on her death, it goes 50% to you and 50%...

Your understanding of how all this works is incorrect. I'm assuming you have an attorney already and that they've sent out what's called a Trustee...

It sounds like you may have a case for undue influence or maybe even a claim she lacked the requisite mental capacity and/or fraud. The...

Unless you are named in one or all of the Wills or, if not, unless your father died before you were born, you generally don't have any right to...

The terms you are using don't really make sense. I assume you mean "petition" not "partition", but I do understand that you want to get your...

It sounds like your gift is 1% of the estate. Typically, what this means is you get 1% of what's left of the estate after any specific gifts (like...

You need to retain an attorney to review the case for you and let you know what's actually occurring. If you are saying there really has been an...

It's a difficult situation, especially with your mother and her sister being co-executors and the Will specifically saying the houses is to be...